Spring

Spring

Spring is the season of love, which is advantageous for two bachelor Sims (and one's bachelorette SimBot). The symbol for spring is flower. As you can see from the screen shot, early spring can still produce some snow storms depending on the temperature, but all the snow will melt usually by the second or third day.

Sims actually develop relationships faster in spring, and all flirty actions have a slightly better chance of working. That doesn't necessarily mean Pyro can walk down the street and leave a wake of fawning, curvy Sim girls trailing along behind him. It does mean however that if there's a girl Pyro has his eyes on, he stands a better chance of romancing her.

The relationship boost is minor, but it can add up when spring is fairly long. If your Sim is in the Political or Fortune Teller career track, you can game the system a bit by extending the length of spring and taking advantage of the boost to get your Charisma skill as high as possible.

Spring Festival

Most activities in spring are limited to the festival, but there is quite a bit to do, especially for single Sims. All three Falkons hit up the festival on Love Day, the name of the spring holiday. Love Day itself brings all Sims a buff that give them a huge boost to relationships gains, as you can see here.

The first attraction Pyro hits up is the kissing booths, because at this point, the only way Pyro gets kissed is if he pays for it. By giving a measly five bucks to the booth attendant, he gets a smooch! But then, he realizes there are two booths: one with a girl, and one with a guy. Pyro figures there must by dozens of eligible girls in Riverview that would like to kiss him so he elects to man the red booth himself!

Meanwhile, three attractions make their return from other seasons. The roller rink, photo-taking booth, and face painting booth are still around, and Pete tries them all. At this point, he's a master of skating and impresses everyone with his tricks.

Becki the SimBot still doesn't quite know what this "human love" thing is all about, but there's a special device exclusive to the Spring Festival to help her out. A small "Love Tester" machine sits in the corner of the lower floor, and with a small fee, Becki takes the handle into her metallic hand to see how lucky in love she is. It's for entertainment only and grants no buff or debuff to any actual romantic interactions, but it's fun to use. (Although apparently the machine didn't have much fun in Becki's grip.)

The Spring Festival tends to be the most populated festival of them all. Even if you have no interest in finding a significant other here, you may still want to visit it to make more contacts and friends, especially if you're going after a high Charisma skill.